OTTAWA – A radio broadcast of a satirical critique of men’s attitudes towards women did not breach any broadcast codes regarding stereotyping, says the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC).The CBSC investigated an editorial broadcast on CKMF-FM (Énergie 94.3, Montreal) that aired on November 26, 2016 at around 8:00 AM. The segment was a monologue by Quebec personality and commentator Rosalie Bonenfant where she sarcastically “thanked” men for certain attitudes and behaviours, such as We’re happy to feel like we’ve successfully fulfilled our primary function, which is to please you.”A listener complained that the monologue generalized about all men, suggesting that they...
